2000 Senior PGA Tour

2000 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 21, 2000 (2000-01-21) – November 5, 2000 (2000-11-05)
Number of official events	40
Most wins	Larry Nelson (6)
Money list	Larry Nelson
Player of the Year	Larry Nelson
Rookie of the Year	Doug Tewell
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [a]	Notes
Jan 23	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,200,000	George Archer (19)
Feb 6	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	1,100,000	Bruce Fleisher (8)
Feb 13	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,200,000	Lanny Wadkins (1)
Feb 20	GTE Classic	Florida	1,300,000	Bruce Fleisher (9)
Feb 27	LiquidGolf.com Invitational	Florida	1,200,000	Tom Wargo (5)
Mar 5	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,300,000	Allen Doyle (5)
Mar 12	Audi Senior Classic	Mexico	1,500,000	Hubert Green (2)	New tournament
Mar 26	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,250,000	Gil Morgan (16)
Apr 2	The Countrywide Tradition	Arizona	1,600,000	Tom Kite (1)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	1,800,000	Doug Tewell (1)	Senior major championship
Apr 23	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (6)
Apr 30	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,300,000	John Jacobs (3)
May 7	Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	1,300,000	Bruce Fleisher (10)
May 14	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	1,450,000	Hale Irwin (26)
May 21	TD Waterhouse Championship	Missouri	1,300,000	Dana Quigley (4)
May 28	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	1,500,000	Larry Nelson (7)
Jun 4	BellSouth Senior Classic	Tennessee	1,500,000	Hale Irwin (27)
Jun 11	SBC Senior Open	Illinois	1,400,000	Tom Kite (2)
Jun 18	SBC Championship	Texas	1,100,000	Doug Tewell (2)
Jun 25	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	1,100,000	Lee Trevino (29)
Jul 2	U.S. Senior Open	Pennsylvania	2,250,000	Hale Irwin (28)	Senior major championship
Jul 9	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	1,350,000	Leonard Thompson (2)
Jul 16	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,300,000	Raymond Floyd (14)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23	Instinet Classic	New Jersey	1,400,000	Gil Morgan (17)
Jul 30	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	£400,000	Christy O'Connor Jnr (4)	Senior major championship [b]
Jul 30	Lightpath Long Island Classic	New York	1,500,000	Bruce Fleisher (11)
Aug 6	Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic	Minnesota	1,600,000	Ed Dougherty (1)
Aug 13	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	1,450,000	Tom Jenkins (2)
Aug 20	Novell Utah Showdown	Utah	1,450,000	Doug Tewell (3)
Aug 27	FleetBoston Classic	Massachusetts	1,300,000	Larry Nelson (8)
Sep 3	Foremost Insurance Championship	Michigan	1,100,000	Larry Nelson (9)
Sep 10	Comfort Classic	Indiana	1,250,000	Gil Morgan (18)
Sep 17	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	1,400,000	Hubert Green (3)
Sep 24	Bank One Senior Championship	Texas	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (10)
Oct 1	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Larry Nelson (11)
Oct 8	The Transamerica	California	1,100,000	Jim Thorpe (1)
Oct 15	Gold Rush Classic	California	1,100,000	Jim Thorpe (2)
Oct 22	EMC Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	1,100,000	Hale Irwin (29)
Oct 29	SBC Senior Classic	California	1,400,000	Joe Inman (3)
Nov 5	IR Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	2,100,000	Tom Watson (2)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 10	Office Depot Father/Son Challenge	Florida	860,000	Raymond Floyd and son Robert Floyd	Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Larry Nelson	2,708,005
2	Bruce Fleisher	2,373,977
3	Hale Irwin	2,128,968
4	Gil Morgan	1,873,216
5	Dana Quigley	1,802,063

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Larry Nelson	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Doug Tewell	[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Gil Morgan	[5]
Comeback Player of the Year	Raymond Floyd	[4]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

1. "2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
2. "2001 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
3. "2000 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
4. "Larry Nelson tops among seniors". United Press International. December 7, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2023. Coming off a season in which he led the Senior Tour in victories and earnings, Larry Nelson received the Jack Nicklaus Award Thursday after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow peers. Doug Tewell claimed Rookie of the Year honors, while Raymond Floyd took home the Comeback Player of the Year Award.
5. "2000 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

External links

• Official website